/// ➤ . Maltese importers and exporters are set to benefit from New trading opportunities to Brazil and Argentina following the introduction of a rapid weekly link by Malta Freeport Terminals

/// ➤ The Sirius Service, calling at six key ports in Brazil (Itajai, Itapoa, Itaguai, Rio Grande, Salvador and Santos) as well as Buenos Aires in Argentina, will utilise eight vessels operated by container ship giants CMA CGM, Maersk Line and Hamburg Sud.

/// ➤ The first ship to operate on the Malta leg of this service, CMA CGM Magdalena, called at the Freeport saturday 7 Oct while live refrigerated containers, carrying mostly frozen cargo, will be available from early 2017 December.

Malta Freeport has launched a weekly service connecting Malta with ports in Argentina and Brazil.

Malta Freeport has been investing in reefer facilities, and from ➤ December will received refrigerated containers of mainly frozen cargo.

Malta Freeport ➤ Ceo Alex Montebello said Food importers stand to gain enormously from the Sirius Service, since vessels calling at the Freeport will offer considerable capacity for refrigerated containers, and it will also provide new trading opportunities for other Maltese entrepreneurs.

Since its establishment in 1988, Malta Freeport has registered remarkable growth and is now ➤ a major transhipment port in the Mediterranean region enjoying positive international recognition with global carriers as a reliable and credible port.

➤ Malta Freeport focuses on the hub concept, whereby cargo is discharged from large mother vessels and relayed to a network of regional ports by feeder vessels.

Around 96% of Malta Freeport’s container traffic is transhipment business.

The logistic concept offers various benefits for Malta Freeport’s clients, including fewer mainline port calls, reduced voyage times through minimal diversions and shorter transit times thus enabling them to concentrate on profitable voyage legs.